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WILLIAM E. S. STRONG, OF ("l'lICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VINKLEY (OMPAN Y, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

DISTRIBUTING-PUMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1906.

Patented July 18, 1909.

Serial No. 333,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. S. STRONG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements in Distributing-Pumps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This ll vention relates to improved pump devices, and consists in improved means arranged for pumping and distributing lubricant or other lluid or liquid independently to a plurality of bearings or other parts.

This invention is capable of adaptation to many different uses, in which a forced distribution is desired. Among these may be mentioned the bearings of machinery, and particularly engines or other motors in which it is important to insure a positive, continued and detcrn'iinable supply of oil to each of several bearings, thus insuring the continued and sufficient lubrication of each bearing to the extent suited to its needs, without undue waste of oil, and thereby avoiding over-heating of any of the several bearings and enabling the machine to continue in operation through extended periods of severe service.

The invention also includes means for varying the low of oil to the different bearings, according to their respective needs, in-

cluding the varying of the supply of oil to each individual bearing according to its varying needs at dill'erent times.

The invention also includes a sight feed for the machine to be observed by the operator or attendant, including means for indicating to the operator or attendant which one of the bearings receives the supply of oil passing 40 through the sight feed at any given time.

The embodiment of my invention which is selected for illustration and description herein, is one which is adapted for pumping and distributing lubricating oil to the different bearings of an automobile.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view in section, the upper right hand portion being in section taken substantially on the line 1 of Fig. 2, while the cover and greater portion of the remaining mechanism is shown in section on the line -l5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view in section taken on the enabling the varying quantities delivered by;

line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Figs. f and 5 are side views, taken on the line 4l-5 of Fig. 2, but showing the mechanism at two opposite ends of its stroke. Fig. 6 is a plan view in section taken on the line 6 of Fig. 4, showing the relative position of the outlet ports and passages of the pump, when the latter is in the position shown in Fig. il. Fig. 7 is a plan view in section taken on the line 7 of Fig. 4 showing the intake ports and passages in the position which they occupy in Fig. 4.. Fig. 8

is a plan view in section taken on the line 8 of 55 Fig. 5, and corresponding with the view shown in Fig. 6, but showing the outlet ports and passages in the different positions which they occupy in F 5. Fig. 9 is a plan view in section taken on the line 0 of Fig. 5, cor- 7o responding with the parts shown in Fig. 7, but dill'ering therefrom in the position of the parts, in accordance with Fig. 5. Fig. 10 is a front exterior view of the device. Fig. ll. is

a side view partly in section, showing the pump and distributing plunger separate from the other mechanism. Fig. 12 is a side view in central longitiulinal section showing a portion of the lower end of the casing with the ports and passages therein. Fig. 13 is a side view also partly in section showing the distributing plug or nozzle, separate from the other parts.

The operating parts are mounted in a casing 2, which, especially when used as a resers5 voir for the oil, is inclosed on all sides, being closed at the top by the cover 3. An opening 4-, preferably located near the cover, or at least at the upper portion of the casing, is provided, through which also the reservoir may be filled with oil, this opening being closed in any convenient. way, as by a screw cap 5. The interior of the casing is provided with suitable hubs, brackets and bearings for the interior mechanism. The lower portion of the casing, and preferably the bottom wall, is provided with separate outlets for the tubes 6, which conduct the oil to the separate bearings supplied by the mechanism. The exterior of the casing is prox'ided with suitable lugs or bearing faces 7, to fa(.'ilitate attaching the pump device to the automobile or other machinery with which it may be employed.

A general description of the principal features of the mechanism will first be given,

followed by a more detailed description thereof, it being assumed that the devices described are adapted to the feeding of oil to the different bearings of an automobile.

The oil contained in the reservoir space 10 is fed through the passage 11, either directly through the duct 12 shown in 4, or by way of the passage 13 through the sight feed device shown in the other figures. The flow of oil from the port or exhaust end of the inlet passage 11 is governed by means of a plunger 15, which performs the combined functions of a valve, distributer and pump piston for the oil. That plunger is mounted to move up and down, and is rotated intermittently when at the top and bottom of its respective strokes. At the bottom of its stroke the turning of the plunger opens the port from the inlet passage 11 as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 7, thereby permitting the upstroke of the plunger to draw the oil therefrom into the annular distributing channel 16 below the bottom end of the plunger. When the plunger reaches the top of its stroke, it is partially rotated, so as to shut off the port from the passage 11, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9, and to open communication between t 10 channel 17 through the port 26 of the plunger, to one of the outlets 20, as shown in Figs. 5 and 8, thereby enabling the plunger 15 during its succeeding downward stroke to force oil from the distributing channel 16 through the channel 17, the port 26 and the single opened outlet 20. Means are provided for varying the stroke of the pump, so as to vary its discharging capacity independently with relation to the different outlets, thereby enabling a determinable amount of oil to be forcedto each bearing, independently of the other bearings. During the downward forcing stroke of the plunger the only outlet for the oil is through the outlet determined by the rotative position of the plunger; hence being confined to that particular outlet, the oil is forced positively to the bearing, there being no escape for the oil excepting through that outlet to that particular bearing. Means are also provided for observing the amount of oil which, is being fed to each individual bearing and to independently vary the amount of oil fed to the respective bearings.

A detailed description will now be given of the particular machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The bottom wall of the reservoir box or casing 2 is provided with a cylindrical bore 21, to receive the distribu ter plug or nozzle 22 (Figs. 12 and 13) containing the outlets 20 the number of which is adapted to the number of bearings to be supplied with oil, the oil being conveyed to the respective bearings of the automobile, by means of the tubes 6. The plug 22 when seated in the bore 21 is concentric therewith, and is held therein in any convenient way, as by means of a screw cap 23, suitable packing gaskets being employed, if necessary, to make the joints oil-tight. The diameter of the plug 22 is smaller than the bore 21, there by leaving an annular space into which the tube like lower end of the plunger 15, shown separately in Fig. 11, is fitted to slide vertically, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5. The lower end of the plunger 15 is provided with intake ports 25, extending through the side wall, and equaling in number the outlets 20 to be supplied with oil. That number may be varied to any desired extent by properly proportioning the diameter of the plunger 15, and its associated outlet nozzle 22, the device herein shown being provided with eight of these outlets.

The side wall of the plunger 15, above the ports 25, is provided with the aperture 26, which serves as a discharge port from the passage 17 to the respective outlets 20. The channel 17 communicates at its upper end with an annular distributing groove 28, and the outlets 2O terminate at their upper ends in a series of port apertures 29 opening outwardly through the peripheral surface of the nozzle 22, adjacent to the annular distributing channel 28 (Figs. 12 and 13) so that the ports 29 are successively brought into communication with the distributing channel 28 through the port 26 of the plunger 15, as the latter is rotated. The relation of the discharge ports 26 and the intake ports 25 to each other, and to the movements of the plunger 15 is such that during the upward stroke of the plunger one of the intake ports 25 registers with the inlet 11, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 7, while the discharge port 26 is between and out of register with the outlet ports or apertures 29, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 6. During the downwardstroke of the plunger 15 the intake ports 25 are out of register with the inlet 11, while the discharge port 26 is in register with one of the outlets 20, thereby admitting the oil thereto from the distributing channel 28, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 8, during the downward stroke of the plunger.

The up and down movements of the plunger "15 are imparted by means of the eccentric 32 fixed on the rotating shaft 33, which is mounted at its ends in suitable hearings in the side wall of the casing 2. The shaft 33 has fixed upon it the worm wheel 34 which is driven by the worm 35 fixed upon the shaft 36. (Fig. 2.) That shaft is mounted for rotation in the casing 2 and is rotated either regularly or intermittently in any convenient way from any available mechanism of the automobile or other machine with which this device may be associated. In the present instance the shaft 36 extends through a side wall of the casing 2, preferably through a stufling box to prevent leakage of the oil, and is provided with a pulley 37, which may be driven by means of a belt from any convenient shaft.

The driving connection between the eccentric 32 and the plunger 15 permits of the rotation of the plunger 15, to enable it to perform its distributing function. In the present instance also, that connection is such as to enable the up and down stroke of the plunger 15 to be varied for the different outlets. That connection consists of a driving head 40, provided with a collar 41 which encircles the upper enlarged portion of the plunger 15, underlying the annular shoulder 42, and serving to centralize the driving head 40 with the plunger, the head being prevented from rotating and otherwise steadied in any convenient way, as for example by the lugs 43 and 44 encircling the shaft 53.

The upper portion of the head 40 constitutes a erosshead for engaging the eccentric 32, which is journaled in the sliding block 45 which is mounted to slide laterally in the ways 39 of the erosshead to follow the revolutions of the eccentric 32. Thus the block 45 operates as the connecting member between the eccentric 22 and the erosshead, serving in lieu of a pitman, as will be seen by comparison of Figs. 4 and 5, which show the parts at opposite extremes of their stroke. During the intervening portions of the retary movement of the eccentric the block 45 is carried from side to side by the eccentric, sliding on the ways 39 of the erosshead. Thus the erosshead 40 is moved up and down a uniform distance at each revolution of the eccentric 32, the collar 41 serving to lift the plunger 15 to a uniform height shown in Fig. 4, while provision is also made for varying the downward stroke of the plunger in order to vary the distribution of oil to the respective outlets as above indicated. The plunger 15 is provided with a projecting lug 47, which may project from the side wall 48 of the upper portion of the plunger, or may be a pin or stud extending upwardly from the horizontal wall 49 of the plunger, as herein shown. The upper portion of the erosshead 40 is provided with a set of adjusting screws 50, arranged in a circle in substantial coincidence with the circular pathway of the stud or projection 47. (Figs. 2 and 3.) These screws operate in succession to push the plunger 15 downwardly at each of the downward movements of the erosshead 40, the plunger being rotated at each of the intervals between each of the downward strokes so as to bring the lug 47 in succession leneath the adjusting screws 50. Those screws are adjusted so that each screw imparts to the plunger 15 a downward movement sufficient to force the required amount of oil to their respective bearings. For convenience in adjusting, the screws are extended to the top of the erosshead 40, and are squared or slotted so that they may be adjusted by a screw driver or wrench by raising the cover 3 of the casing.

The means provided for rotating the plunger 15 are adapted to impart partial rotations at the top and bottom of the plunger stroke. The upper portion of the plunger is provided with gear teeth 51, which mesh with the teeth of a pinion 52 mounted loosely upon the vertical shaft 53 to slide freely up and down, the vertical sliding movements being imparted by means of the lugs 43 and 44 of the erosshead 40. (Figs. 4 and 5.)

The shaft 53 is mounted for rotation in suitable lugs ml and 55 of the casing 2, and is rotated in suitable relation to the eccentric shaft 33 by any convenient gearing. In the present instance, the movement is transmitted by means of a spiral gear 56 fixed on the eccentric shaft 33, and meshing with the spiral gear 57 fixed on the shaft 58, which also provided with a spiral gear 59 meshing with the spiral gear (30 on the vertical shaft That shaft also has fixed upon it the downwardly facing clutch member 62 the teeth of which engage with the clutch member (38 when the erosshead is .in its upper position as shown in Fig. 4, while the lower end of the shaft 53 is provided with an upwardly facing clutch member 64 which when the cross head is in its lowest position, as shown in Fig. 5, engages with the coacting clutch member 65. The clutch members (33 and 65 are appurtenant to or integral with the pinion 52, and by their alternate engagements with the clutch members 62 and 64, operate through the pinion 52 and gear 51 to turn the plunger to the desired extent, at or near the top and bottom of the stroke of the plunger. Vr'hen the plunger is in its upper position shown in Fig. 4 it is rotated far enough to carry it from its intake position shown in Figs. 4, (l and 7 to its discharging position shown in Figs. 5, 8 and 9. Thus, during each complete rotation of the plunger 15 it stops at a number of posi tions corresponding with the number of outlets to be supplied 'ith oil, discharging oil through each of those outlets independently during the succeeding downward strokes of the plunger, and during each upward stroke taking in a supply of oil for the next succeeding downward stroke.

In order to enable the operator or attendant to observe how much oil is being supplied to the respective bearings provision is made for employing a sight feed best shown in Figs. 1, I5 and 10. This sight feed attachment is preferably made so that it may be readily applied to or detached from the rest of the apparatus, as herein shown. The upper end is carried by the bracket 68, having the passage GS), connecting with the passage or duct 13, the latter preferably entering the reservoir 10 near its lower end. The lower end of the sight feed apparatus is carried by the bracket having the oil passage 71 coniiecting with the inlet passage 11. The brackets 68 and are attached to the casing 2 in any approved or convenient way, having suitable provision for making an oil tight joint. When employing the device without the sight feed attachment the ducts 11 and 13 may be plugged, or caps may be screwed on in place of the brackets 68 and 70. The outer ends of the brackets 68 and 70 are adapted to receive a sight tube 72 made of glass or any transparent material, suitable air tight joints being made at its ends con.- necting with the brackets 68 and 7 0. That portion of the bracket 68 surrounding the lower end of the oil passage 69 is preferably carried down to a point, clear of the inner wall of the glass tube 72, so that the drops of oil as they emerge from the passage 69 will fall through the center of the tube. If allowed to flow down on the inner walls of the tube 72 the oil obscures the sight and thus tends to defeat the advantage of the sight feed. For automobile and similar uses, where the shaking of the apparatus might tend to throw oil upon the sides of the tube, 1 preferably employ a conducting rod 73 which extends to, or near to the outlet of the passage 69, so as to receive the drops of oil as they emerge from the passa e, and conduct them to the bottom of the tube, thus keeping the walls of the tube clean, and enabling the flow of oil to be observed. This sight feed device as thus far described is useful whether it is desired to supply a uniform or a varying amount of oil to the respective bearings. In the cases where varying amounts of oil are supplied to the bearings, which is one of the improved uses of the present invention, it is desirable to employ indicating means to enable the attendant to know with certainty which bearings are being supplied by the re spective and varying amounts of oil observed in the sight feed tube. To this end I have provided an indicator which is preferably used as an adjunct to the sight feed tube and is closely adjacent thereto so that the op erator may at a glance observe which bearing is supplied with the amount of oil which at that moment is passing through the sight feed tube. The indicator is preferably inclosed in the casing 75 which is or may be appurtenant to the upper sight feed bracket 68. The face of the bracket 75 is recessed to receive a circular dial 76 having upon its face numerals or other characters for identifying the respective bearings to be lubricated, the different bearings being thus designated in succession by means of a rotating pointer 77. The pointer and the dial are preferably covered by a glass 78 held on by means of a screw ring 79 or any other convenient way.

As a means for rotatin the pointer 77, so as to move it to the different pointers on the dial, and thereby designate the bearings which receive the varying amounts of oil passing through the sight feed tube, the

pointer 77, or the dial 76 is mounted upon a shaft 80 mounted in the casing 75 and having fixed upon it a gear 81 meshing with a pinion 82 u on the shaft 83. That shaft is journalec in the side wall of the casing and has fixed upon its inner end the bevel gear 84 meshing with the bevel gear 85 upon the vertical shaft 86 which is journaled in suitable lugs upon the interior of the casing 2, and is provided with a driving pinion 87 meshing with the gear teeth 51 of the plunger 15. (Figs. 1, 2 and 3).

The relation of the train of gear intermediate the shaft 80 and the rotating plunger 15 is such as to communicate one rotation to the shaft 80 for each rotation of the plunger 15. Thus the position of the pointer relative to the dial always indicates the relative position of the plunger 15 thereby showing which one of the outlets 6 is being supplied at a given time. Hence the operator is enabled to know with certainty that the amount of oil fed to any given bearing corresponds with the amount of oil observed to be passing through the sight tube while the pointer 77 is pointing to the dial figure which designates that hearing. Thus, if the operator observes that 10 drops of oil pass down the sight tube while the pointer oints the numeral 1, as shown in Fig. 10, e knows with certainty that approximately 10 drops of oil are being forced to bearing No. 1.

The operation of this device is as follows The reservoir space in the casing 2 being supplied with oil, and the screws 50 adjusted a proximately to their respective positions, t 1e wheel 37 is rotated by means of a belt or chain from any convenient portion of the mechanism, thus operating through the worm gear 34 and eccentric 32 to transmit uniform vertical reciprocating movements to the crosshead 40, moving it from the position shown in Fig. 4 downwardly to the position. shown in Fig. 5, and back again to the position of Fig. 4, this movement being regarded as one complete stroke, for convenience of description. While the plunger 15 is at the top portion of its stroke shown in Fig, 4 the clutch member 46 is engaged with the clutch member 62, thereby operating through the pinion 52 and gear 51 to rotate the plunger from its intake positions shown in Figs. 6 and 7, which it occupied during the last upward half of its previous stroke, to the discharging positions shown in Figs. 8 and 9, thereby closing off the inlet 11 as shown in Fig. 9, and registering the discharge port 26 of the plunger with the ports 20 of one of the outlets 20, as shown in Fig. 8. The plunger remains in this rotative position during the downward or first half of its stroke. As the crosshead moves down from the position shown in Fig. 4 the adjusting screw 50 beneath which the stud or lug 47 stands at that time, collides With that lug, and carries the plunger down with the crosshead during the remainder of the downward hall of the stroke. This movement forces through the particular outlet which is then in register with the port 26 of the plunger, as shown in S a supply of oil, the amount of which depends upon the length of the plunger stroke. The length of that stroke is determined independently for the respective bearings, by their respective adjusting screws 50. While the plunger is at or near its lowest position the clutch member is engaged by the clutch member 64, which serves, also through the pinion 52 and gear 51 to impart another partial rotation to the plunger 15, turnin it from its discharging position shown in Figs. 8 and 9 to its intake position shown in Figs. 6 and 7, closing the outlet 20, and registering the next intake port 25 with the inlet 11, in which rotative position it remains during the upward and last half of its stroke, thereby taking in from the inlet 11 and the distributing channels and passages 16, 17 and 28, an amount of oil equivalent to the amount which was displaced therefrom during the first or downward portion of the stroke.

Whenever it is desirable to increase or diminish the amount of oil to any particular bearing, the cover 3 is raised and the adjusting screw 50, corresponding to that bearing is adjusted, downwardly in case a greater llow of oil is desired, and upwardly if less flow is desired. For convenience these adjusting screws may be numbered to correspend with the index and with the outlet pipes 6.

It will be understood that the drops of oil which pass downwardly through the sight feed tube are merely indicative ol the quantity of oil which is being supplied at each stroke of the pump, to the bearing then indicated on the dial 76. Obviously the particular drops observed through the sight tube do not pass to that hearing at that time,

' nor is it probable that they reach that particular bearing at any time, the object being to show, not the identical drops, but the amount of oil fed to each bearing at the respective strokes of the pump. Obviously also, no oil is being forced to any ol the bearings during the time that the drops 01 oil are passing through the sight tube, inasmuch as these drops pass through the tube during the upward or intake movement of the pump. Inasmuch as the upward or return hall of the pump stroke operates to draw through the passage 11 and the sight tube 72, the amount of oil corresponding to that which was forced through one of the outlets during the preceding downward half of that stroke, it follows that the indicating mechanism is set so as to point during the upward stroke of the plunger to the number on the dial correspomling with the hearing which has already been supplied with oil during the preceding downward half stroke of the plun er. The channels 16, 17 and 28 being at all times in communication with each other, form practically a single distributing channel for conveying the oil from the inlet 11 to the discharge port 26 of the plunger. In the present instance the ports 2%) ol the outlet 20 are disposed in a circle above the level of the inlet 11, surrounded by the distributing channel 28. But this disposition of these inlets, outlets, and distributing channels and other parts may obviously be modilied in many ways to suit the condi tions of each particular case, according to the judgment of the mechanic or designer. In some instances, particularly when the oil is taken directly from the reservoir, a number of inlets, corresponding with the number of outlets, may be employed instead of the single inlet 11, leading into the distributing channel 16, and arranged at equal distances around that channel. In that case only one intake port 25 would be provided, which would register in succession with the dil l'erent inlets, just as the several intake ports 25 herein shown register in succession with the single inlet 11.

The plug or nozzle 22 may be bodily removed with its attached outlet pipes 6 without disassembling or disturbing any other portion of the pump, thereby enabling the pump to be readily examined or cleaned in case it should become clogged. By turning the pump to the position shown in Figs. 5 and 9, in which the inlet 11 is closed by the plunger, the nozzle may be removed without spilling any of the oil from the reservoir. The index and sight feed or either of them may also be readily removed by detaching the brackets 69 and 70. that the sight feed and index shall be appurtenant to the pump casing 6. They may be placed anywhere between the pump and the source of supply ol oil, and preferably where they can be most conveniently seen by the operator.

W'herc large quantities ol oil are to be used, or where it is desirable to employ a small casing having insullicient reservoir space, the oil may be supplied from another source, either through the casing by means of a pipe screwed on in place ol the screw cap 5, or by means of a tube connected with the supply channel 69, without passing through the casing.

In many other ways which will suggest themselves to those skilled in this art, the invention herein shown may be modified, rearranged and extended to suit dill'erent requirements or conditions of service.

I claim as my invention 1. In a Jump device the combimitiou with a plunger having a discharge port, of an element provided with a plurality of outlets, means for reciprocating the plunger, and

It is not essential means for rotating the plunger intermittently to move and stop its discharge port in register with the outlets in succession.

2. A pump device having in combination an element provided with a plurality of outlets, a plunger provided with a discharge port communicating with an oil supply, means for reciprocating the plunger and means for intermittently rotating the plunger between its reciprocating strokes, to move and stop its discharge port in register with the respective outlets in succession. 3. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with a plurality of outlets a plunger provided with a discharge port leading from a supply of oil, means for reciprocating the plunger, means for rotating the plunger to move and stop its discharge port in register with the respective outlet ports in succession, and means for varying the lengths of the reciprocating strokes of the plunger for the respective outlets.

4. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with a plurality of outlets port, a plunger provided with a discharge port, means for intermittently rotating the plunger between its reciprocating strokes to move and stop its discharge port in register with the respective outlet ports in succession, and adjustable means for varying the lengths of the reciprocating strokes.

5. A pump device having in combination an element provided with an inlet, an element provided with a plurality of outlets, a plunger provided with a plurality of intake openings, and means for rotating the plunger at the beginning of its intake stroke to move and stop one of its intake openings in register with the said inlet.

6. A pump device having in combination an element provided with an inlet, a cylindrical plunger having an annular wall provided with a plurality of intake passages, means for reciprocating the plunger, and means for rotating the plunger at the beginning of its intake stroke, to register one of the said intake passages with the said inlet.

7. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with an inlet, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, an open ended cylindrical plunger provided with a discharge port and a plurality of intakeopenings, means for reciprocating the plunger, and means for rotating the plunger at the end portions of its stroke to move its discharge port into register with one of the said outlets at the beginning of its discharge stroke and to register one of its intake passages with the said inlet at the beginning of the intake stroke of the plunger.

8. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with a plurality of outlets, an open ended cylindrical plunger hav ing a discharge port, means for reciprocating the plunger to varying extents for the dilierent outlets, and means for intermittently rotating the plunger to move and stop the said discharge port in register with the respective outlets in succession.

9. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with an inlet, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, a cylindrical plunger provided with a discharge port and a plurality of intake openings, means for reciprocating the plunger to predetermined variable extents for the respective outlets and means including toothed gearing for rotating the plunger intermittently at the beginning of the discharge stroke to register its discharge port with the said outlets in succession and to register one of the said intake passages with the said inlet at the beginning of each intake stroke.

10. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with an inlet port, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlet ports, a cylindrical plunger having a discharge port, a distributing channel surrounding the said plunger and communicating with the said inlet port, means for reciprocating the plunger and means for intermittently rotating the plunger to alternately move and stop its discharge port in register with the said outlet ports in succession.

11. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with an inlet port, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlet ports, a cylindrical plunger provided with a discharge port, a distributing channel communicating with the said inlet port, and surrounding the plunger to register with its discharge 'port, means for reciprocating the plunger and means for intermittently rotating the plunger to alternately move and stop its discharge port to register in succession with the respective outlets.

12. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with a plurality of outlet ports, a cylindrical plunger surrounding the said outlet ports and provided with a discharge port, an inlet port, a distributing channel leading from the said inlet to and around the outer side of the plunger, means for reciprocating the plunger and means for intermittently rotating the plunger to alternately move and stop its discharge port in register in succession with the respective out let ports.

13. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with an inlet port, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlet ports, a cylindrical plunger surrounding the said outlet ports and provided with a discharge port, a distributing channel leading from the said inlet port to and around the plunger, and registering with the discharge port thereof, means for reciprocating the plunger, and means for intermittently rotating the plunger to move and stop its discharge port to register in succession with the respective outlet ports.

14. A pump device, having in combination an element provided with a plurality of outlet ports, an inlet port, a distributing channel leading from the said inlet to the vicinity of the said outlet orts, a cylindrical plunger provided with a plurality of intake ports and a discharge port for establishing communication alternately between the inlet port and the distributing channel, and between the distributing channel and the respective outlet ports in succession.

1.). A pump device, having in combination an element provided with an inlet port, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlet ports, a distributing channel adjacent to the said outlet ports and extending to the said inlet port, and means for alternately reciprocating and rotating the plunger, the plunger being provided with a plurality of intake ports and a discharge port for alternately establishing communication between the inlet port and distributing channel, and between the distributing channel and the said outlet ports in succession.

16. A pump device, having in combination an oil reservoir provided with a distributing chamber, an inlet leading from the reservoir space to the said chamber, an annular distributing channel extending around the wall of the said chamber above the said inlet, an outlet nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, and closing said chamber at its lower end, a cylindrical plunger fitting the annular space between the said nozzle and the wall of the said chamber, and means for reciprocating and rotating the plunger in the said annular space, the plunger being provided with means for alternately establishing communication between the inlet and the said distributing channel, and between the said distributing channel and the respective outlets in succession.

17. A combined oil pump and distributing device, having in combination an oil reservoir provided with a cylindrical chamber, and having an inlet leading from the reser voir space to the said chamber, a distributing channel extending annularly around the wall of the said chamber, an outlet nozzle closing the lower end of the said chamber, and provided with a plurality of outlets opening opposite to the said. annular distributing channel, and a cylindrical plunger seated in the chamber and surrounding the nozzle, and having a discharge port registering in successsion with the said outlets.

18. A combined oil pump and ('listributing device, having in combination an oil reservoir provided with a distributing chamber, and having an inlet leading from the reservoir space to the said chamber, a distributing channel extending around the wall 01 the said chamber, an outletnozzleclosing thelower end of the said chamber and provided with a plurz'rlity ol outlets opening from the nozzle opposite to the said distributing channel, and a plunger seated in the said chamber and surrounding the said nozzle provided with an intake port for admitting oil from the said inlet to the distributing channel, and having a discharge port l'or connecting the said dis tributing channel in succession with the said outlets.

1.0. A combined. oil pump and distributing device, having in combination an oil reservoir, a cylindrical bore therein forming a dis tributing chamber, and having an inlet leading from the reservoir space, a distributing channel extending annularly around. the wall of the bore, an outlet nozzle closing the lower end of the bore, and provided with a plurality oi outlets opening opposite to the distributing channel, and a cylindrimtl plunger seated in the said bore and surrounding the said nozzle provided with an intake port tor admitting oil from the said inlet to the dis tributing channel, and having a discharge port for admitting oil from the distrilmting channel to the said outlets in succession.

20. A pump device having in combination a nozzle having a plurality ol outlets, a pump plunger provided with a discharge port, means for rotating the plunger to register its discharge port with the dillerent outlets in succession, and means for reciprocating the plunger to varying extents, including a reciprocating crosshead, provided with means for moving the plunger in one direction to a uniform terminal position and having adjustable contact members for engaging the plunger to move it to varying extents in the opposite direction.

21. A distributing pump device, having in combination a nozzle having a plurality of outlets, a pump plunger provided with an inlet and a discharge port, means [or reciprocating the plunger to varying extents, ineluding a reciprocating crosshead provided with means for moving a plunger in one di rection to a uniform position, indepemlently adjustable contact members for moving the plunger to varying extents in the opposite direction, and means l'or making the said contact members opera to in succession upon the plunger.

22. A distributing pump device, having in combination a nozzle having a plurality ol outlets, a pump plunger provided with an intake and a discharge port, means for reciprocating the plunger to varying extents in cluding a reciprocating crosshead provided with means for moving the plunger in one direction to unil'orm position, and having independently adjustable contact members for moving the plunger to varying extents in the opposite direction, means for rotating the plunger to register its discharge port with the different outlets in succession, and means for establishing operative connection between the plunger and the said contact members in succession.

23. A distributing pump device, having in combination a nozzle having a plurality of outlets, a pump plunger provided with an intake and with a discharge port, means for rotating the plunger to register its discharge port with the different outlets in succession, and means for reciprocating the plunger to varying extents, including a reciprocating crosshead engaging with the plunger to draw it backwardly to uniform position, and having independently adjustable contact screws, registering in succession with the plunger, when the latter is at its discharge position.

24. A pump device having in combination a nozzle having a pluralityof outlets a pump plunger provided with a discharge port, means for reciprocating the plunger, and means [or rotating the plunger in predetermined relation to its reciprocating movement, including in combination gear teeth appurtenant to the plunger, and a gear pinion meshing with the said teeth, clutch members appurtenant to the said pinion, and coactive driving clutch members engaging with and turning the said pinion clutch members at predetermined times relative to the stroke of the plunger.

25. A pump device having in combination a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, a pump plunger provided with an intake and having a discharge port, means for reciprocating the plunger, and means for rotating the plunger in suitable time relation to its reciprocating strokes, including in combina tion gear teeth appurtenant to the plunger, a gear pinion meshing with the said teeth, a rotating shaft on which the pinion is loosely mounted, driving clutch members on the said shaft, coacting clutch members on the said gear pinion, and means for moving the said clutch members into and out of engagement, in suitable time relation to the reciprocating strokes of the cylinder.

26. A distributing pump device having in combination a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, a pump plunger provided with an intake and with a discharge port, means for reciprocating the plunger, and means for rotating the plunger approximately at the ends of its reciprocating strokes, including gear teeth appurtenant to the plunger, a gear pinion meshing with the said gear teeth, a rotating shaft journaled in parallel relation to the reciprocations oi the plunger, and having the pinion loosely mounted thereon, oppositely disposed clutch members driven by theshal' t, coacting clutch devicesappurtenant to the pinion, and means for reciprocating the pinion and its clutch members whereby the said clutch members operate to rotate the plunger intermittently at the ends of the reciprocating strokes of the plunger.

27. A distributing pump device, having in combination a nozzle provided With a plurality of outlets, a pump plunger provided with an intake and with a discharge port, means for rotating the plunger to register its discharge ports with the respective outlets in succession, including gear teeth appurtenant a plurality of inlet ports, means for distributing the oil from the said plunger to a plurality of outlets in succession, and means for varying and visibly indicating the respective amounts of oil supplied to the different outlets.

29. A distributing pump device having in combination a pump plunger provided with a plurality of inlet ports, means for distributing the flow of oil from the said plunger to a plurality of outlets in succession, means for visibly indicating the said succession, and means for varying the amount of oil supplied to the successive outlets.

30. A distributing pump device, having in combination a pump plunger provided with a plurality of inlets, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, means for distributing the flow of oil from the said plunger in varying amounts to the respective outlets, and means for visibly indicating the said varying amounts in the order of their succession.

31. A distributing pump device, having in combination a plunger provided with a plurality of inlets, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, means for distributing the flow of oil from the successive operations of the plunger to the respective outlets in succession, means for varying the pumping capacity of the respective strokes to vary the sup ly of oil independently to the different out ets, and means for visibly indicating the said variations in the flow of oil.

32. A distributing pump device having in combination a pump plunger provided'with plurality of inlets, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, means for directing the flow otoil from the. respective plunger strokes to the different outlets in succession, means for varying the distributing capacity of the respective strokes of the plunger, and means for visibly indicating the said variations.

33. A distributing pump device, having in combination a pump plunger provided. with a plurality of inlets, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, means for distributing the flow of oil from the plunger to the respective outlets in succession, and means for visibly indicating the individual outlets in succession.

34;. A distributing pump device, having in combination a plunger, a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, means for distributing the flow of oil from succeeding strokes of the plunger to the ditlerent outlets in succession, means for varying the discharging capacity of the succeeding strokes, means l'or visibly indicating the variations in the How of oil, and a dial for indicating the various outlets in succession.

35. A distributing pump device, having in combination a nozzle provided with a plurality of outlets, a pump plunger provided with a discharge port, means for rotating the plunger to register its discharge port in succession with the respective outlets, means for varying the discharging capacity ol the plunger for the respective outlets, means for indicating the amount of oil discharged at each stroke, and means including a dial l'or visibly indicating the individual bearings supplied by the respective strokes.

36. The combination in a pump device of an oil container provided with an outlet opening, an outlet nozzle removably seated in said opening and means for shutting oil the flow of oil to the said opening, whereby the outlet nozzle may be removed without wasting the oil.

3 A pump device, having in combination an oil container provided with an outlet opening, a removable nozzle provided with a plurality oi outlets and removably seated in the said opening, and a pump plunger working in said outlet opening and controlling the ilow of oil thereto, whereby the said nozzle with its outlets may be removed without spilling or wasting the supply of oil.

38. The combination in a distributing pump device of an oil reservoir, an outlet opening below the surface level of the oil, an outlet nozzle seated in said opening and. provided with a plurality of outlets, and a plunger working in said opening and. controlling the flow of oil thereto, whereby the outlet nozzle with its outlets may be bodily removed without wasting the oil from the res ervoir.

30. The combination in a distributing pump device 01 an. oil reservoir having an outlet opening below the surface of the oil, an outlet nozzle rernrwably seated in. the opening and provided with a plurality of outlets, and a pump plunger working in said opening and provided with in ans l'or receiving oil from the reservoir and distrilniting it from the said outlets and having means for shutting oil the said supply, whereby the nozzle with. its outlets may be bodily removed l'rom the reservoir without wasting oil.

40. The combination in a distributing pump device of an oil container provided with an outlet opening, an inlet leading thereto from the oil supply, an outlet nozzle rcmovably secured in the said opening and provided with a cylindrical extension projecting into said. opening and having a plurality of outlets therein, and an annular pump plunger working in the annular space around the cylindrical extension of the outlet nozzle and. provided with means for admitting oil from the inlet and distributing it to the said outlets in succession and provided with means [or closing the said inlet, whereby the said outlet nozzle may be bodily removed l'rom. the pump device without wasting the oil from the said inlet.

41. The combination with a pump device provided with means for pumping oil successively to a plurality of outlets, a sight l'ccd device communicating with the intake of the said pumping means, and an index indicating the said outlets in succession, adjusted with relation to the said pumping means to indicate the outlet last supplied, while the oil for the succeeding outlet is being drawn through the sight l'eed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses this 1st day oi Sept, 1900.

lVlLlJAM E. S. STRONG.

Vitnesses:

E. J. Ql'uetnr, B. 13. How-um. 

